Clip or holder for lead-pencils, fountain-pens, or similar artcles.



L. DRAEGER. CLIP 0R HOLDER FOR LEAD PE'NCILS, FOUNTAIN PENS, 0R SIMILAR ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9. I9I5.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

LLOYD DRAEGER, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

CLIP OR HOLDER FOR LEAD-PENCILS, FOUNTAIN-PENS, OR-SIMILAR ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

, Application filed June 9,1915. Serial m. 33,004.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LLOYD DRAEGER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Mil-- waukee, in the county of' Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have lnvented a new and useful Clip or Holder for Lead-Pencils,

F ounta'in-Pens, or Similar Articles, of which the following is a specification. Y

Myinvention relates to clips or holders for lead pencils or similar articles, and the objects of my invention are, to secure the pencil or similar article to the clothing of the wearer so that the article will not be lost,

to protect the clothing of the wearer from the lead of the pencil and at the same time protect the point of the pencil from being dulled by wear against the clothing, to provide a clip or holder that may be readily attached to the clothing at any convenient place, thus avoiding the necessity of pockets in light .,summer clothing and in the gar ments of Women, to provide for. ready de-' tachability from the clothing, and other featuresand advantages of the device which will appear from the detailed description.

I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the acompanying drawing in which,

Figure 1 shows the entire device. Fig.

2 shows the device partly constructed to,

illustrate the mode of making the same. Fig. '3 shows a longitudinal section through the device.

The clip is, in efl'ect, a small tube formed entirely of one piece of wire wound in a close spiral. The taper portion a at the bottom of the clip is of the requisite length to receive the pointed end of the pencil. The

curved portion b of the tube forms a spring clip to seize and hold the pencil from falling out when the wearer engages in any kind of work or exercise. At the upper end of the tube twoturns or co'nvolutions C of the wire are loosely wound outside of the tube and the end of the wire 0! is pointed as shown. To attach the device to the cloth ing, the point d is passed through the cloth and the tube is given a partial turn' which forces the pointd again through the cloth.

If it is desired to'attach the holderv still more securely to the clothing, the holder may be given an additional complete turn again forcing the point (I twice through the cloth when the holder will be attached by both the convolutions C passing through the clothl This attachment to the clothing may be made inside of a vest or .coat pocket, but the holder 1s just as easily attached at any convenient place on clothing where no pocket is available.

As -shown in Fig. 2, the entire device is formed of a single piece of wire. This wire is 'wound on a forming pin of the form which it is desired to give to the inside of the tube.

Fig. 3 shows in section how the curved portions 6 holds the pencil or other contained article. The pencil is marked e,'and when passed through the curved part b it springs one convolution f to the left until it is in line with the next convolution on either side of it. Thus the interior of the tube may be considerably larger than the article it holds so, that the article is very easily inserted in the holder.

This holder is so flexible it cannot possibly hurt the wearer. While intended primarily as a pencil holder, many other uses may be found for it, as for instance carrying a bunch of violets or other flowers, in which case it is very desirable to protect white or light colored clothing from the flower stems.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim isp 1. A holder or clip for carrying a pencil or'like article, consisting of a tube like receptacle having a substantially straight axis of figure, formed of a single piece of wire wound in continuous spiral convolutions, the

.last one or more convolutions beingwound a. tube like receptacle formed of a single volutions intermediate the ends being wound piece of wire wound in continuous spiral on an axis offset from the axis of the reconvolutlons, sand convolutions decreasing in ceptacle.

7 diameter until the receptacle is closed at one LLOYD DRAEGER. 5- end, wound with areverselead outside of Witnesses:

the receptacle at the other end to constitute E. O. MANKTELow,

an attaching device, and'a plurality of con- G. H. HILGENDORF. 

